My sick little boy.....again!

So Noah came down with another bad case of bronchiolitis and we ended up in the hospital last night. Not fun at all but I am glad we made the choice to come in because he defiantly needed it. But I also learned so much about what is happening to him from the doctors this time. So in a way I am glad it happened so close to the last time because this seems like it is going to be a problem for Noah that we need to really watch for quite some time. So I am glad to understand it more and since then we have really been looked after well. Like my doctor has wanted to see me a few times since and she set us up with a respiratory therapist so all of our bases are covered. Anyways we have learned that when Noah come in contact with just a common virus if he reacts to it bad enough he develops a case of bronchiolitis which you could describe it as a very extreme asthma attack but very server in babies. This results in him becoming very listless and not very responsive due to him not being able to breath properly on his own. The doctors told us that another baby could come in contact with the same cold virus as Noah and all they could get it a cold or an ear infection where for Noah it will attack him with respiratory problems because that is just what he is susceptible to. It has been pretty scary at times having to watch my son struggle to great but I feel sade to say we have been in good care and have good plans to make things hopefully easier to prevent these type of problem in his future!! It is just so hard to tell when he is starting to have this probelm because it is just so sudden and literally within a few hours and the doctors have told me that once this starts happening to him there is nothing I can do at home we just have to come to the hospital. The doctor explained it to us in more detail saying that his bronchi tubes are swelling inward and so he can breath air in but can't push it out so eventually his lungs would just get so full there would be no more room for air to breath in and that is where the danger part comes in. So we have 2 different puffers we have at home, one a steriod that is supposed to keep a constant level on medication in his body to keep any minor inflmation down and the other is just his rescue drug that helps relax his muscles so we are hoping with those we can prevent any more of these events for the rest of the winter!!
This picture below Noah right now as I am writing this. After another long night in the hospital we are just waiting to be able to go home. Luckily we were able to get him to have a little nap this afternoon here because he is clearly exhausted!! My poor boy!! I only pray we won't have to come back here soon!! I never knew how hard it would be to watch your kids struggle and there is nothing you can do to help take the pain away. Mommy loves you Noah!!